How you can watch it:

How much: $12. Tickets can be purchased at Mission Motorsports, 1 Doppler in Irvine, where a restored 1971 Penton motorcycle will be on display. Tickets will also be sold at gathr.us/screening/8475.

Later on: Netflix, iTunes, OnDemand, Blu-Ray and DVD in October.

If it rides off-road on two wheels, Todd Huffman has probably filmed it.

The Fullerton resident has been on or around bikes and motorcycles since his childhood. A professional BMX racer in the early ’80s, Huffman later worked as the marketing director of GT Bicycles in the ’90s.

Then he opened Pipeline Digital Media, a Fullerton-based media production company, in the early 2000s with business partner Donald Hoffman. Since, he’s created shows such as the “Motocross Files” for Speed Channel and “Pump” for Fox Sports Net.

But after reading “John Penton and the Off-Road Motorcycle Revolution” in 2007, a passion-project took hold of the filmmaker. Penton, a long-distance “enduro” rider and motorcycle designer, is regarded as one of the most influential figures in off-road motorcycle racing. The Ohio farmer is largely credited with influencing Austrian moped manufacturer, KTM, to enter the off-road industry. He was inducted into the American Motorcyclist Association Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998.

“The wheels just started turning,” Huffman, 51, said about reading the book.

After nabbing an early interview with Penton at his home in Michigan, it took months for Huffman to build momentum toward producing a documentary on the off-road legend.

A little star-power greased the wheels, though.

Huffman learned from a “Motocross Files” fan that Lyle Lovett, a Grammy-award winning country singer and off-road enthusiast, rode a Penton and worked for a Penton dealership in his youth. The filmmaker made some calls and brought Lovett onboard.

After unsuccessful attempts to find industry sponsors for the documentary project, Huffman solicited help from the public on Kickstarter. His first campaign in 2012 was unsuccessful, garnering only $75,065 of the project’s $275,000 goal.

But Huffman didn’t give up. He launched a second Kickstarter campaign six month later with a new goal of $150,000 – just enough to cover production costs.

The campaign wasn’t an easy cash grab. Huffman said he hustled to market his movie to more than 500 backers.

“For 60 days it was all I could even think about,” Huffman said. After two months, the project exceeded its funding goal with $160,315.

Huffman started filming last year. Pipeline Digital Media spent months interviewing more than 100 family members, riders and manufacturers. The team finished filming on the 2 hour and 15 minute documentary only weeks before the premiere on June 9 in Cleveland.

John Penton, 89, (pictured in the camera viewfinder) was interviewed for nine hours during production. COURTESY OF TODD HUFFMAN
Lyle Lovett, a Grammy-award winning country singer and motorcycle enthusiast, narrated the documentary. COURTESY OF PIPELINE DIGITAL MEDIA
Todd Huffman, 51, owns Fullerton-based Pipeline Digital Media. He has produced popular motorcycle TV series such as "Pump" and the "Motocross Files." PHOTOS COURTESY OF TODD HUFFMAN

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